page_title: Telecommunications in Cyprus
section_title: Telephones
hierarchical_section_title: Telecommunications in Cyprus / Telephones
caption_attribution_description: English: In rural areas of Cyprus the old British telephone boxes survived but were painted green. These two were photographed in the Trodos mountains.
context_page_description: Telecommunications in Cyprus includes radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet, in the Republic of Cyprus.
  CYTA, the state-owned telecommunications company, manages most telecommunications and Internet connections on the island. However, following the recent liberalization of the telecommunications sector, a few private telecommunications companies, have emerged.
context_section_description: Calling code: +357 for the Republic of Cyprus and +90 for Turkish-occupied Northern Cyprus, which uses the Turkish numbering plan.
  International call prefix: 00
  Domestic: excellent system in both the area under Republic of Cyprus government control and Turkish-occupied Northern Cyprus; open wire, optical fiber cable and microwave radio relay.
  International:
  Tropospheric scatter;
  Communications cables: a number of submarine cables, including the SEA-ME-WE 3, combine to provide connectivity to Western Europe, the Middle East and Asia;
  Satellite earth stations: 8 as follows: 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean), 2 Eutelsat, 2 Intersputnik and 1 ArabSat.
  Main lines: 373,200 lines in use, 108th in the world (2012).
  Companies that offer land-based telecommunication services:
  CYTA
  Cablenet
  epic
  Omega Telecom
  CallSat
  PrimeTel
  Mobile cellular: 1.1 million lines, 155th in the world (2012).
  Companies that offer mobile cellular services:
  Cytamobile-Vodafone, a subsidiary of CYTA and is a Vodafone partner network.
  epic, formerly MTN Cyprus prior to 21 June 2019 (Areeba Cyprus prior to 1 September 2007).
  PrimeTel Mobile
caption: Old telephone boxes in the Troodos Mountains.
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